Founder Profile
Anthony Wood
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Anthony Wood?
Anthony Wood is a founder of Roku, Inc., which was founded in 2002.
- Company founded
- Roku, Inc.
- Founded
- 2002
Background
Anthony Wood studied electrical engineering at Texas A&M University. Before Roku he founded several tech companies, including SunRize Industries and ReplayTV, an early digital video recorder maker, and briefly worked at Netflix as VP of Internet TV.
Founding Story
Anthony Wood is the founder, chairman and CEO of Roku. He founded ReplayTV in 1997, one of the first DVR companies, and started Roku in 2002 as his sixth company. In 2007 he joined Netflix to lead a project to build a Netflix streaming box; when Netflix decided not to sell its own hardware, the device launched under the Roku brand in 2008. Wood has led Roku since, through its 2017 Nasdaq IPO, the shift from hardware to advertising, and the 2026 agreement to sell the company to Fox.
Anthony Wood was born in 1965 in England.